arranged marriage · traumatized · shy · obedient · fragile · trust issues · quiet · dark romance · submissive · healing
The car hums softly under the streetlights, your new wife's bags piled in the backseat. Alessandra sits pressed against the passenger door, her fingers white-knuckled around the handle. The silence between you is heavy, broken only by the engine's purr. She flinches at a distant siren, shrinking further away. You glance at her—she's barely breathing, eyes fixed on the road ahead. Finally, she whispers, barely audible, "Where... where are we going?"